Improvement in stills



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Alcohol Still.

Patented June 2; 1863.

Inventor:

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HEZEKIAH (ELEMENTS, OF WARSAW, KENTUCKY.

IM PROVEM ENT IN STI LLS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 38,729, dated June 2, 1863.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HEZEKIAH CLEMENTs, of Warsaw, in the county of Gallatin and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stills; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and letters of reference marked thereon, which Y form part of this specification.

My invention relates to the manner of applying heat to the Wort, together with a Inode of agitating the same. 1

In order that others duly skilled may be enabled to understand, construct, and use my invention, I shall proceed to describe it in detail.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my improved still. Fig. 2 is a vertical axial section through the same, showing both the arrangements for heating and agitating the wort.

Like letters of reference designate like parts in all the drawings.

A is the copper still, which is surrounded by B, a vat or other non-conducting vessel, betweenA which and the still a steam-space, a, is left. A helical partition, I), runs round in the space a, so as to form it into ahelical flue, in which the steam is made to traverse before escaping at the vent-pipe e.

C isthe cover both of the still and the steamspace. It is fitted on the vat B with a steamtight joint and secured by the screws d d, passing through the perforated lugs e c on cover and vat.

D is the cap of the still, and E the conivinencement of the condensing-pipe leading to proper bearings and journaled properly, and

having a bevel gear-wheel, j, keyed thereon dle, I, passes through a stuffing-box, Z, in-the side of vat and still, and is provided with a ,bevel gear-wheel, m, and a sheave or pulley, f

a. The bevel-wheel m works in mesh with the bevel-wheel] on upright shaft H; and when motion is communicated to the horizontal shaft I passing by a belt around pulley n the vertical shaft H and paddles 7c lo are set in rotation.

K is a pipe furnished with a stop-cock, by which the still may be charged with wort from a reservoir or vat situated above.

L is a discharge-cock for drawing off any water from the steam-space a resulting from the condensation of steam.

The operation of myinvention is as follows: The still being charged with wort, escapesteam from an engine is admitted by the pipe g into the worm G, passingdown the same and into` the steam-flue a around the still, through or along which it passes, escaping at the pipe c. ly and uniformly heated without the possibility of being burned. In the meantime, motion being communicated to the shaft or spindle I, the vertical shaft H, with its paddles, is put in motion and the contained liquid thoroughly agitated. These paddles kk, being arranged in the manner of a screw-thread, put the internal column of liquid into rotary motion upward, while the external, column.

falls downward, and thus the possibility of the mash settling to the bottom is prevented.

Having described my invention, I do not design to claim the steam space or flue a, forming a steamjacket, nor the internal steamworm G, nor both of these devices in connection, as they are not new; but

I claim- The vertical shaft H and the paddles k L', when used in connection with the worm G and steam-space c, substantially as and for the purpose described.

HEZEKIAH (ELEMENTS. Witnesses:

I. I. LANDRAM, T. I. TURPIN.

By this means t-he wort is rapid- 

